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W. A. COPELAND.

BYBGLASS HOLDER.

No. 485,909. Patented Nov. 8, 1892.

.71 rney Uivrrn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IVILLIAM A. COPELAND, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

EYEGLASS-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 485,909, dated November 8, 1892.

Application filed March 21, 1892. Serial No. 425,731. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM A. COPELAND, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Eyeglass Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappert-ains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to eyeglassholders; and it consists of the construction and arrangement of the parts, as will be more fully hereinafter set forth.

The object of the invention is to dispense with projecting parts, and thereby avoid interference therewith of articles of wearingapparel and at the same time provide a secure support for the glasses, which will be easily accessible in attaching and removing said glasses therefrom.

In the accompanying dra\vings,wherein like letters of reference are used to represent corresponding parts, Figure 1 represents a perspective View of the preferred form of the holder embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a side elevation thereof. Fig. 3 represents a slightly-modified form of the device shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 4 represents a further modification. Fig. 5 represents a blank of a modified form of device constructed from flat stock or sheet metal. Fig. 6 represents a perspective view of a holder bent into form from the blank shown in Fig. 5.

Referring to the drawings, A designates an open support or ring of round or flat stock, having a hook depending from the lowerportion thereof. The said hook comprisesaloop B, which forms the rest for the bridge-piece or spring of the eyeglasses when .the latter are in engagement with the device, an upper reverse bend or loop 0, continuous of the loop B and extending into the ring beyond the plane thereof and over which the bridge-piece or spring of the glasses passes in connecting the same with or disconnecting them from the holder, and an extended inward and downward bent end D, which lies close to the bottom of the ring and forms a throat E for entrance to the loop B. The end D, with the means of which the holder may be attached as desired.

In Fig. 3 the pin F is shown formed from a free end of the ring A and extended across the said ring. In this form of the device one end of the stock is left free and bent into proper form.

In Fig. 4 a tubular jointGis shown at point of attachment of the end of loop B with the ring A. This form of construction reinforces the device and provides a strong and durable connection and permits of the use of several pieces of stock in manufacturing the holder.

In Fig. 5 a blank is shown which is constructed from fiat stock and formed with a circular body having oppositely-extending parts, constituting, respectively, the hook and the securing-pin when bent into proper shape, as shown in Fig. 6.

The eyeglasses are preferablyapplied to the holder as seen in Fig. 1, and in application thereof thebridge-pieceorspring bears against the ring A and is thereby caused to be easily guided to and over the upper bent end 0 of the hook and into the loop B. hen the glasses are applied, they lie in a plane parallel with the plane of the ring A and rest fiat against the body of the wearer. \Vhile the part A has been designated a ring and so shown by the drawings, it is not intended to convey the idea that such form will be solely employed, as it is evident that other forms may be readily used. Round, flat, or irregular stock may be employed in the manufacture of the device, and the material employed may consist of either base or precious metal or such other material as may be found applicable.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. An eyeglass-holder consisting of a ring having a fastening-pin on its rear side and a hook on the front side, said hook being secured a esneoe at one end to the ring and turned ba'cknpon jecting over or across the ring and extending itself and having a crook or bend at its free inward beyond the plane of the front side of end and projecting over or across the ringthe same, substantially as described.

Opening and extending inward beyond the In testimony whereofIaffix my signature in 5 plane ofthe front side of the ring, snbstanpresence of two witnesses.

tially as described.

2. An eyeglass-holder consisting of a ring .WILLIAM COPELAND having a fastening-pin on its rear side and a Witnesses: hook on its front side, said hook being secured JNO. IL RYAN,

IO at one end to the ring by a joint G and pro- A. J. HAMILTON, Jr. 

